The Australian Red Cross and the Australian Human Rights Institute (UNSW Sydney) hosted a series of online information and discussion sessions examining the situation in Afghanistan through the lens of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), humanitarian principles and humanitarian action now and into the future.
Session 2 looked at how agencies are responding to population movements within Afghanistan and to neighbouring countries and beyond, as well as how refugees and internally-displaced people are protected under international humanitarian law and human rights laws.
Speakers:
-Susanne Schmiedl, Fulbright Scholar, UNSW Sydney and Programme Director, Afghanistan Conflict Sensitivity Mechanism (ACSM).
-Nai Jit Lam, UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative in Canberra
-Liza Beinart, Migration Support Program State Lead for Western Australia, Australian Red Cross
-Pranamie Mandalawatta, IHL Legal Adviser, Australian Red Cross
-Hamid Hussainzada, Research Associate, Domestique Consulting / former Communications Officer, International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Afghanistan.
